Mike Blackburn represents I-COM The fundamentals never change – only the way in which they are delivered There was a time when getting business for your law firm was all about pressing the flesh – the old adage of “It’s not what you know, It’s who you know” being very true; the market was a […]
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Bill Jones represents ML Solutions 4U It may not be news to law firms that, as of the anti-money laundering (AML) regulations 2007, all solicitors, legal support and administration staff must comply with certain regulations and be properly trained. However, a new form of online training from ML Solutions 4U (www.mlsolutions4u.co.uk) may now make this […]
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Jonathan Seaton represents DPS Software What does The Cloud mean to you? The Cloud by its very nature is such an expansive and amorphous phenomenon that when establishing exactly what it means for you and your legal firm it can be difficult to know where to begin. However, a logical starting point when looking at […]
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Social media in the riots Social media is yet again in the news following the August riots. There were numerous arrests and prosecutions based upon posts and messages on Facebook and Twitter allegedly inciting others to join in rioting, violence and looting, as well as the photographic and video evidence found online and on people’s […]
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Apple’s iPad was released in the UK on 28 May 2010. Since then I have used mine daily in my practice as a corporate lawyer, both in and out of the office. So after a year and a half of this, what is the point for lawyers? Are tablets just a gimmick or are they […]
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In the May/June issue, Nick Holmes suggested that particular types of print are under threat for a number of reasons and he questioned whether ebooks were the future. We asked key law publishers to respond. Sweet & Maxwell, Thomson Reuters – Chris Hendry, Head of Advanced Media Print is undoubtedly on a downward spiral, accelerated […]
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Successful email signatures Email signatures are one of those deceptively simple but high impact marketing techniques that might slip under your business radar. Indeed, your email signature may be the single most important piece of digital business stationery that your prospective clients and existing clients will see. It is worth a bit of time and […]
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According to a recent study by ComScore, 70 per cent of people using search engines include a location modifier, eg “solicitors in Manchester”, to find an offline business and 54 per cent of searchers use the internet rather than the phone book to find services. However, it’s not just being found on search engines that’s […]
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I will declare an interest here: I have not only worked for and with law firms for the last two decades, I am currently researching in brand equity and have spent a lot of my free time reading around the area in the last year. The legal profession is awash with talk about brands and […]
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On 6 September 2010, Abney Garsden McDonald solicitors took the plunge, and went paperless. In a previous article I described the process of evolution from conventional paper files, through scanning all incoming correspondence in 2003, to “paperless” a year ago. We now have clean desks, fewer filing cabinets, large bins for shredding on each floor […]
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On 1 April 2011 the Justice site (www.justice.gov.uk) was born. This is not the Ministry of Justice site by another name but the beginnings of a “super-site” that will act as a portal to all services within the justice system for the professional user. The previous administration’s “Transformational Government Strategy” (published by the Cabinet Office […]
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Basic Information from Paul Coombes, of Pannone LLP The Connect2Law network for law firms was established in 2001 by Pannone LLP. There is no cost to membership and the primary benefit was to offer member firms the ability to service their clients in areas of law they didn’t undertake themselves by referring them to Pannone. […]
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